# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/zenna-henderson
# Generated: 2026-08-14T06:31:49.720Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/zenna-henderson"
name: "Zenna Henderson"
slug: "zenna-henderson"
description: "Zenna Chlarson Henderson was an American elementary school teacher and science fiction and fantasy author. Her first story was published in The Magazine of Fantasy & Science Fiction in 1951. Her work is cited as pre-feminist, often featuring middle-aged women, children, and their relationships, but with stereotyped gender roles. Many of her stories center around human aliens called \"The People\", who have special powers. Henderson was nominated for a Hugo Award in 1959 for her novelette Captivity. Science fiction authors Lois McMaster Bujold, Orson Scott Card, Connie Willis, Dale Bailey, and Kathy Tyers have cited her as an influence on their work."
tagline: "American writer (1917–1983)"
image: "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/b/b3/ZHenderson1953.jpg"
gender: "female"
country:
  name: "United States"
  isoCode: "US"
category:
  name: "Writers"
  slug: "writers"
profileType:
  name: "Writer / Author"
  slug: "writer"
birthDate: "1917-11-01"
deathDate: "1983-05-11"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           48.16
  momentum:             5.373134328358208
  historical:           11.35680533333333
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     65
  profileCompleteness:  75
  trendDirection:       "RISING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
platforms:
  - platform:  "IMDB"
    url:       "https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0376637/"
    handle:    "nm0376637"
sources:
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    title: "Зенна Гендерсон"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "زينا هندرسون"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Zenna Henderson"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zenna_Henderson"
    title: "Zenna Henderson"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zenna_Henderson"
    title: "Zenna Henderson"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zenna_Henderson"
    title: "Zenna Henderson"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zenna_Henderson"
    title: "Zenna Henderson"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://he.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D7%96%D7%A0%D7%94_%D7%94%D7%A0%D7%93%D7%A8%D7%A1%D7%95%D7%9F"
    title: "זנה הנדרסון"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zenna_Henderson"
    title: "Zenna Henderson"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E3%82%BC%E3%83%8A%E3%83%BB%E3%83%98%E3%83%B3%E3%83%80%E3%83%BC%E3%82%B9%E3%83%B3"
    title: "ゼナ・ヘンダースン"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://pt.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zenna_Henderson"
    title: "Zenna Henderson"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ru.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%A5%D0%B5%D0%BD%D0%B4%D0%B5%D1%80%D1%81%D0%BE%D0%BD%2C_%D0%97%D0%B5%D0%BD%D0%BD%D0%B0"
    title: "Хендерсон, Зенна"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q189642"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"
  - url: "https://www.themoviedb.org/person/1288310"
    title: "Zenna Henderson"
    type:  "DATABASE"

# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump